Patents by Inventor Benoit Mercier

Benoit Mercier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Snow removal apparatus
    Patent number: 10920425
    Abstract: A snow removal apparatus for cutting and removing snow from a sloped surface. The apparatus comprises a frame. The frame has a lower section and an upper section connected by side sections. The apparatus also comprises an elongated handle removably engageable to the frame and a slide connected to the lower section of the frame and extending away therefrom in a slide extending direction. The apparatus is selectively configurable in a push configuration where the handle is engaged to the lower section of the frame and extends in a direction substantially similar to the slide extending direction and a pull configuration where the handle is engaged to the upper section of the frame and extends in a direction substantially opposite to the slide extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LES PRODUITS POLARMADE INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Mercier, Benoit Lavallée
  • SNOW REMOVAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180347198
    Abstract: A snow removal apparatus for cutting and removing snow from a sloped surface. The apparatus comprises a frame. The frame has a lower section and an upper section connected by side sections. The apparatus also comprises an elongated handle removably engageable to the frame and a slide connected to the lower section of the frame and extending away therefrom in a slide extending direction. The apparatus is selectively configurable in a push configuration where the handle is engaged to the lower section of the frame and extends in a direction substantially similar to the slide extending direction and a pull configuration where the handle is engaged to the upper section of the frame and extends in a direction substantially opposite to the slide extending direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: LES PRODUITS POLARMADE INC.
    Inventors: BENOIT MERCIER, Benoit Lavallée
  • Method of sending a command to a digital data flow server and apparatus used to implement said method
    Patent number: 8677442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of sending commands to a VOD server, e.g. using RTSP, which is local to the client, said commands comprising a reference to the relative current position. The current relative position is maintained by the receiver on the basis of PTS received in the MPEG stream, without sending a request to the server or relying on the existence of a descriptor in the stream that can be used to deal with jumps in PTS included in the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Colmagro, Benoit Mercier, Thierry Quere
  • Method of Sending a Command to a Digital Data Flow Server and Apparatus Used to Implement Said Method
    Publication number: 20090217328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of sending commands to a VOD server, e.g. using RTSP, which is local to the client, said commands comprising a reference to the relative current position. The current relative position is maintained by the receiver on the basis of PTS received in the MPEG stream, without sending a request to the server or relying on the existence of a descriptor in the stream that can be used to deal with jumps in PTS included in the stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Colmagro, Benoit Mercier, Thierry Quere